Danny 'Little Red' Lopez ~ Career

[Bill Paxtom]

June 1, 1978

~ Danny Lopez To Defend WBC Championship Against South American - Eduardo Prieto ~

Danny 'Little Red' Lopez - 37-3-0 {35 KO's} ~ {Age; 25 years, 11 months}
vs.
Eduardo 'Maravilla' Prieto - 27-0-1 {11 KO's} ~ {Age; 21 years, 10 months}

The previously cancelled bout between Danny Lopez and Eduardo Prieto {from April 23rd}
has now been set for Saturday Afternoon - June 24h at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.

The bout will be televised by ABC-TV - 'Wide World of Sports'

WBC Featherweight Champion - Danny Lopez will be making the 4th Defense of the Title he won on
November 6, 1976.

The Champion will receive a fight purse of $125,000.

Eduardo Prieto of Chile, is both the South American and Chile Featherweight Champion. He is currently
positioned as the Top Ranked #1 WBC Featherweight.

The tall and lanky {5' 7 1/2"} Chilean, is a slick-boxing southpaw who has great hand-speed and
excellent ring skills.

In Chile he is called 'Maravilla', which translates to 'The Boy Wonder'.

The 'unbeaten' Challenger will receive a fight purse of $25,000 plus expenses. The Chile native will also
receive ancillary fee's for the Television broadcast to South America, which should be an additional $12,000.

Eduardo is set to arrive in Los Angeles, California on Tuesday, June 13th for 10-days of training.